What did us involvement in nicaragua reveal about the reagan administration?

It revealed that Reagan’s administration was willing to operate outside the law to achieve its goals.  

Further Explanation:

The main focus of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy was to bring the cold war to an end and win it. The foreign policy of his administration also included taking a strong stand against left-wing governments which were there in Afghanistan and Nicaragua. The support which Reagan had for the contras in Nicaragua had always been subjected to controversy and that was because of poor human rights and records of the rebels.  

The foreign administration of Ronald Reagan sent logistical, financial as well as military support to the Contras and those Contras were based in Honduras. It was a period of early 1984 when an operation was carried out by ULCA and they mined the majority of Nicaraguan harbors who were behind the damaging of five foreign vessels. This incident was behind that led to the ratification by the congress of the United States and that ratification was related to Boland and this action by the Congress brought strong condemnation of the United States internationally and it is also said that the CIA was behind providing arms and ammunition along with funding to these Contras.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Ronald Reagan Foreign Policy

Subject: History

Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Foreign Policy, Contras, Nicaragua, Boland, CIA, Ratification, Human Rights, Rebels, Administration, Military.  

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